page_title: Timeline of Tunis
section_title: 20th century
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of Tunis / 20th century
caption_attribution_description: Plan de Tunis en 1937, Tunisie
context_page_description: The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Tunis, Tunisia.
context_section_description: 1901 – Palais de Justice built.
  1903 – Compagnie des tramways de Tunis founded
  1906 – Population: 227,519.
  1906 – Thala-Kasserine Disturbances
  1907 – Young Tunisians founded
  1908 – Omnia Pathé opens.
  1910 – Belvedère Park opens.
  1911 – Jellaz Affair
  1912 – Tunis Tram Boycott
  1914 – Hotel Majestic built.
  1919 – Espérance Sportive de Tunis founded.
  1920
  Club Africain sport club founded.
  Municipal Theatre built.
  1923 – Tunis Institute of Fine Arts founded.
  1924 – National Library opens.
  1931
  Coliseum built.
  Hajjamine Mosque restored.
  1932 – Hotel Claridge built.
  1934 – The Rachidia Institute founded to preserve traditional Tunisian music.
  1935 – El Omrane Mosque built.
  1936 – Population: 219,578.
  1937 – Grand synagogue opened
  1942 – November – Occupation of city by Axis powers begins.
  1943 – May – Allies oust Axis forces.
  1944 – Tunis–Carthage International Airport developed.
  1946 – Population: 364,593.
  1948 – Stade Tunisien football club founded.
  1953 – Election boycott.
  1956
  Independence from France
  Zitouna University formed.
  Lycée Francais de Mutuelleville and National Library of Tunisia established.
  1957 – Monarchy abolished
  1958 – Central Bank of Tunisia headquartered in Tunis.
  1959 – City designated capital of Tunisian Republic.
  1963 – Parc Zoologique de la Ville de Tunis set up.
  1964 – Carthage International Festival begins.
  1966
  First Carthage Film Festival
  Population: 468,997 city; 647,640 urban agglomeration.
  1967 – Stade El Menzah built.
  1969
  Bourse de Tunis founded.
  Tunisian Symphony Orchestra established.
  1973 – Tunisia Private University founded.
  1976 – Puppet theatre established.
  1978 – Museum of Popular Arts and Tradition inaugurated.
  1979 –
  Arab League headquartered in Tunis.
  UNESCO designates the Medina of Tunis as a World Heritage Site.
  1982 – Palestine Lberation Organisation (PLO) moves from Beirut to Tunis
  1983 –
  National Theatre of Tunisia established.
  First Carthage Theatre Festival held.
  1984 – Population: 596,654 city; 1,394,749 urban agglomeration.
  1985 – Métro léger de Tunis begins operating.
  1988
  Israeli attack on PLO headquarters
  University of Carthage founded.
  1990 - Meeting of the Association Internationale des Maires Francophones held in city.
  1992 – Maison des arts "Dar el founoun" in operation.
  1993 – Palace Theatre opens.
  1996 – Theâtre de l'Étoile du Nord established.
  1998
  National School of Circus Arts established.
  Population: 702,330.
  2000 – Tunis El Manar University founded.
caption: Map of Tunis, 1937
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